CVE-2025-9408
System call entry on Cortex M (and possibly R and A, but I think not) has a race which allows very practical privilege escalation for malicious userspace processes.
Published:Nov 11, 2025
Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
EPS:Nov 11, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00012
CVSS Score:8.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Zephyrproject-rtos
Product
Zephyr
Zephyrproject-rtos
Zephyr
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
